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Dick McGuire

American basketball player and coach (1926–2010)

Summary

American basketball player and coach (1926–2010)

Field	Value
name	Dick McGuire
height_ft	6
height_in	0
weight_lb	180
birth_date
birth_place	The Bronx, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Huntington, New York, U.S.
high_school	La Salle Academy
(New York City, New York)
draft_year	1949
draft_league	BAA
draft_round	1
draft_pick	7
draft_team	New York Knicks
career_start	1949
career_end	1960
career_position	Point guard
career_number	15
years1	–
team1	New York Knicks
years2	–
team2	Detroit Pistons
cyears1	–
cteam1	Detroit Pistons
cyears2	–
cteam2	New York Knicks
cyears3	–
cteam3	New York Knicks (assistant)
stat1label	Points
stat1value	5,921 (8.0 ppg)
stat2label	Rebounds
stat2value	2,784 (4.2 rpg)
stat3label	Assists
stat3value	4,205 (5.7 apg)
bbr	mcguidi01
HOF_player	dick-mcguire
CBBASKHOF_year	2006

(New York City, New York)

St. John's (1943–1944, 1946–1949)
Dartmouth (1944) As player:
7× NBA All-Star (1951, 1952, 1954–1956, 1958, 1959)
All-NBA Second Team (1951)
NBA assists leader ()
No. 15 retired by New York Knicks
Second-team All-American – SN (1944)
Third-team All-American – UPI (1949)
2× Haggerty Award (1944, 1949) As assistant coach:
NBA champion () Richard Joseph McGuire (January 26, 1926 – February 3, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach. McGuire was one of the premier guards of the 1950s, playing 11 seasons in the NBA (1949–60), eight with the New York Knicks and three with the Detroit Pistons. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993. His number 15 jersey was retired by the Knicks in 1992.

McGuire led the league in assists during his rookie season with a then-record 386 assists, and was among the league's top ten playmakers for ten of his 11 seasons. He was an NBA All-Star seven times (1951,'52, '54-'56, '58, '59), and was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 1951. Dave Cobert portrayed him in the 2023 movie Sweetwater.

McGuire became player-coach for the Pistons in his last season (1959–60), and coached them until 1963. He also coached the Knicks for three seasons, beginning in 1965. He compiled a 197-260 coaching record. McGuire was working as a senior consultant for the Knicks when he died on February 3, 2010, of a ruptured aortic aneurysm at age 84.

McGuire's brother Al was also a prominent figure in basketball who coached Marquette University to the 1977 NCAA basketball championship. They are the only pair of brothers inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. His nephew, Allie, also played in the NBA.

The Knicks retired number 15 a second time for McGuire in 1992 (six years earlier, it had been retired for Earl Monroe).

McGuire was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Basketball Category with the Class of 1994.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1949–50	New York	68	–	.337	.652	–	5.7	8.6
1950–51	New York	64	–	.371	.649	5.2	6.3	8.4
1951–52	New York	64	31.5	.430	.631	5.2	6.1	9.2
1952–53	New York	61	29.2	.381	.569	4.6	4.9	7.2
1953–54	New York	68	34.5	.408	.638	4.6	5.2	9.1
1954–55	New York	71	32.5	.389	.644	4.5	7.6	9.1
1955–56	New York	62	27.2	.347	.637	3.5	5.8	6.9
1956–57	New York	72	16.5	.383	.644	2.0	3.1	5.3
1957–58	Detroit	69	33.5	.373	.667	4.2	6.6	8.1
1958–59	Detroit	71	29.1	.427	.740	4.0	6.2	9.2
1959–60	Detroit	68	21.6	.445	.617	3.9	5.3	7.1
Career	738	28.3	.389	.644	4.2	5.7	8.0
All-Star	7	21.6	.387	.417	3.3	5.4	4.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1950	New York	5	–	.423	.731	–	5.4*	12.6
1951	New York	14	–	.313	.453	5.9	5.6*	5.3
1952	New York	14	39.0	.449	.570	5.1	6.4*	10.4
1953	New York	11	32.7	.407	.636	5.7	6.4*	7.5
1954	New York	4	17.0	.250	.600	1.0	1.3	2.8
1955	New York	3	25.0	.316	.667	3.0	4.0	6.7
1958	Detroit	7	33.7	.417	.708	4.7	5.7	9.6
1959	Detroit	3	36.3	.625*	.636	5.7	6.3	15.7
1960	Detroit	2	21.0	.417	.333	2.0	4.5	5.5
Career	63	32.6	.410	.593	4.9	5.6	8.3

References

[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2010-02-03-mcguire-obit_N.htm ''Knicks Hall of Famer Dick McGuire dies at 84''] from ''[[USA Today]]'' February 3, 2010
(February 4, 2010). "Dick McGuire, a Fixture With the Knicks for More Than Half a Century, Dies at 84". [[The New York Times]].
"Basketball-Reference.com: Dick McGuire".
"Dick McGuire NBA Coaching Record - basketballreference.com".
(February 3, 2010). "McGuire dies at 84". ESPN.

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